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NewsBBC1 and BBC2 series to tackle climate change
The BBC is planning a “definitive” look at climate change in two major linked commissions across its terrestrial channels.
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NewsBafta-winning Peep Show gets sixth run
Channel 4 has ordered a sixth series of Peep Show following the sitcom's Bafta success.
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NewsNew LA indie looking to UK producers for formats
Former Sky One commissioning exec Jamie Roberts is looking to partner with UK indies keen to enter the US market with his new LA-based production company.
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NewsPanorama to trail docs with web minisodes
The BBC is planning to plant Panorama “minisodes” on the web ahead of each weekly edition in a bid to boost TV audiences and reach younger viewers.
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NewsSofia's Diary given peaktime slot
Five is moving the weekday TV broadcasts of web drama Sofia's Diary on digital channel Fiver to a high-profile peaktime slot to address sluggish ratings.
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NewsFive secures Goddard for continuing run of talk show
Five has secured presenter Trisha Goddard to front her issues-led daytime show until the end of 2009.
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Old bands return to Living
Living will re-unite legendary bands to try to restore them to former glories as part of its summer schedule. Pop Goes the Band is a 6 x 60-minute reality show by ITV Productions in which bands will undergo complete transformations, in some cases plastic surgery, as they prepare to face ...
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ITV team acquires Breslau
ITV has boosted its acquisitions team with the appointment of Sasha Breslau as senior programme executive for US series.
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New exec for al-Jazeera
Al-Jazeera has named senior Canadian broadcasting executive Tony Burman as managing director of its English-language channel.
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NewsBSkyB aims for iPlayer success with Sky Player
BSkyB has launched an enhanced version of its Sky Anytime PC on-demand service, now known as Sky Player.
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NewsHutton floats levy for C4
Will Hutton, the Observer columnist and former Newsnight economics correspondent, has called for an additional levy to fund Channel 4 after digital switch-over.
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NewsC4 Dispatches head: ‘We won't be bullied'
Channel 4 has won a landmark six-figure libel sum from West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service over accusations about Dispatches investigation Undercover Mosque.
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NewsApprentice tackles Uefa final
BBC1's business reality show The Apprentice kept up its winning streak at 9pm last night with 6.7m viewers (28.4%) but the show did feel the effects of ITV1's coverage of the Uefa Cup final.
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NewsITV acquires Scandi indie in£14m deal
ITV has acquired Swedish producer and formats developer Silverback in a deal worth£14m.
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NewsITV grows revenue to£492m
ITV has grown its group revenue by 3% year-on-year to£492m in the first quarter of 2008 - but experienced a 2% drop in broadcasting revenues to£409m.
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NewsEndemol hires branding exec
Endemol has strengthened its commitment to advertiser-funded programming with the appointment of its first executive director of branded entertainment.
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NewsITV to show big babies
ITV is to air a 60-minute doc from indie Scarlet charting the biggest babies ever born.
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NewsTV critics 16 May '08
'A drifting, melancholy film about a whole world I'd never heard of.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsSMG radio/cinema struggles
Media giant SMG said today (16 May) its TV business had outperformed the wider ITV network, but saw declines in its radio and cinema markets, sending its shares down 6.5%.
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NewsViewers emigrate from Emmerdale
Emmerdale's rough patch in the ratings continued last night as just 5.3m viewers (27.4%) watched at 7pm, its lowest audience since September last year.